Tyaga in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to tyaga, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 3.30Action becomes free when you stop claiming its results.
• 12.12Peace begins when you stop clinging to what your action produces.
• 17.20Giving becomes pure when nothing is being bought in return.
• 18.1Clear seeing begins with asking what must be separated.
• 18.2Renunciation means releasing both craving and attachment to results.
• 18.3Renunciation is not simple refusal; some actions must remain.
• 18.4Renunciation is not one thing; it has distinct forms.
• 18.6Right action is complete only when desire for reward is dropped.
• 18.7Right action should not be abandoned just because it feels difficult.
• 18.8Fearful withdrawal is not freedom; it is avoidance wearing a noble name.
• 18.9Renunciation means doing what must be done without gripping the result.
• 18.10Freedom means neither resisting the hard nor craving the pleasant.
• 18.11Freedom begins when action continues and attachment stops.
• 18.12The chain of action ends when desire for its fruit ends.